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In February 1944, 2nd SS Panzer Division (" Das Reich ") was stationed in the Southern French town of Valence-d ' Agen, north of Toulouse, waiting to be resupplied with new equipment and freshly trained troops.
After the D-Day invasion of Normandy, the division was ordered to make its way across the country to stop the Allied advance.
Its staff included Standartenführer Sylvester Stadler as regimental commander, Sturmbannführer Adolf Diekmann as commander of the regiment's 1st Battalion and Sturmbannführer Otto Weidinger, who was designated Stadler's successor as regimental commander and was with the regiment for familiarisation purposes.
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